March 2009
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“Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the...”
– T.S. Eliot, The Hollow Men
I’ve never been an incredibly great fan of poetry. As I said in my last quote post, what appeals to me about words is peoples ability to cram great amounts of meaning into very small numbers of words. Poetry should logically be the best place for this, but somehow...
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“This love,” I said, “this feeling over which you had no control....”
– From a conversation about love in Asylum by Patrick McGrath. My first quote post of what is likely going to be many. As I am infatuated with people who put very complicated things into a very small groups of words. This one just made me think about the way we talk about attraction, love, sex, and...
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Random Scribblings on Art in NYC
The City.
Why do people come here? Choose to live in discomfort, cramped spaces and surrounded by unpleasant, unfriendly strangers? A hundred years ago, they would have flocked to ports for work and the ready availability of goods. Manufacturing, shipping and receiving… The holy trinity of trade.
So what brings them here now, when the ‘Net and mail order business allow the right...
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The Dark Side of Social Networking
And no! It’s not pedophilia-related!
I’m watching a documentary right now on BBC America about a site, which I then googled. The site, http://myfreeimplants.com/, connects two groups of people who would otherwise apparently miss each other: women who want breast implants, and guys who evidently willing to pay semi-anonymously for someone else’s breast implants.
I don’t...
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Big City Nights
“Girl listens to mom,
So she lights a match,
And pretends to sleep while everything burns.”
-Faith No More
Firstly I felt like sharing that. I don’t know why I like it. Just do. Hits the palate of my ears in a refreshing fashion. Regardless, tonight I write about my weekend out in New York, soaking up the nightlife. Maybe the quote will make sense as this unfolds.
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Observations March 12th 2009
I feel like I ought to do some serious blogging right now. I’m gearing up. Not quite enough for a rant, but a few things that merit comment.
1) The De-Socialization of Children.
I have never been one for the typical “times they are a-changin’” rhetoric that seems to dominate the brains of each generation as they go from new kids on the block to old had. However, I do...
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Dystopia Part 2
The continuation of what is proving to be a somewhat irritating thing to write, though I still like it enough to keep going. Part one can be found here: It may not be precisely where I want it, but it’s getting there. Enjoy.
Our subject squints as the lights assault him. He raises his right hand to shield his face and beneath his grimy thumb sees an array of cameras, unmanned, in a...
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Thoughts On Watchmen.
Or rather, provoked by it.
I just returned from seeing the film version of Watchmen, and am left with a few vague impressions, and one question. Was the topic of the original graphic novel really relevant enough to make a movie out of?
This film was unquestionably a challenge to produce, and maintain any authenticity while garnering the wide appeal in managed to do, but this what I’m...